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UK Defence Innovation: Security Open Call 2026 Cycle 2

UK Defence Innovation: Security Open Call 2026 is a competition offering up to £350,000 per project for UK organisations, sole traders and academic institutions working on security challenges in the UK. This scheme has closed.

Run by UK Defence Innovation

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 10 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 29 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

A UK Defence Innovation competition to find proposals that address security challenges faced by government stakeholders. Stage 1 submissions are due first, with invited Stage 2 submissions later.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 29 October 2026

As stated: Stage 1 Close 12:00 Midday on 29th October 2026 (GMT)

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £350,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK organisations registered with Companies House, sole traders, and academic institutions based in the UK, who intend to undertake the project work in the UK.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

How to apply

Read the competition document in full; the page lists a Stage 1 submission deadline and invited Stage 2 submissions later.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 10 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 30 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with UK Defence Innovation before you apply.

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